tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post5537416775727834970..comments2024-03-29T03:40:35.436-04:00Comments on The Cockroach Catcher: Serco: Protocol, Lessons & Medical TrainingAm Ang Zhanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07466386105122653445noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post-19145566626975373822011-10-01T05:32:24.510-04:002011-10-01T05:32:24.510-04:00The nurse appendectomy story is quite an old one: ...The nurse appendectomy story is quite an old one: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/nurse-suspended-after-taking-out-mans-appendix-1567753.html<br /><br />I believe that sister Tomlinson was reinstated in time. I. Think St Austell hospital has no resident medical staff, being only a cottage hospital with outpatients and a few rehab beds.<br /><br />There is no excuse for SERCOs actions, the patient should have been examined by a competent medical practitioner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post-13217506734320561352011-09-30T21:26:11.351-04:002011-09-30T21:26:11.351-04:00JD: I think the tune Popularised by Peter, Paul an...JD: I think the tune Popularised by Peter, Paul and Mary was written by Bob Dylan.<br /><br />Absolutely! I had both versions and in fact most records (yes, those black things) of both.<br /><br />Peter Paul and Mary's recording came out within a few weeks of Dylan.<br /><br />It was the Protest period and so is it now.<br /><br />Dr Phil:<br /><br />Why are we doing complex things such as heart and liver transplants and cannot cope with the most basic of Medicine and Surgery?<br /><br />As they say, the most dangerous place in England is just outside hospitals. Someone should have the sense to grab some doctor from the hospital. We are all trained to assess Acute Abdomen, or perhaps not. <br /><br />In England if the nurse is trained, he/she is called a Surgical Assistant, not Bare Foot Doctor as shoes are worn!<br /><br />Wonder if Andrew would let one of them operate!Cockroach Catcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440000294855006966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post-55541476893891562682011-09-30T17:15:53.753-04:002011-09-30T17:15:53.753-04:00A tragic story, and all part of the reason that th...A tragic story, and all part of the reason that the NHS has such high death rates from acute surgical abdomens.<br /><br />I think that St Austell hospital has no A/e the nearest being in Truro or Plymouth, both 45 minutes away. Treelike hospital in Truro is memorable for the incident where a nurse did the appendectomy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5629209057489249999.post-37771625161582251472011-09-30T13:08:35.608-04:002011-09-30T13:08:35.608-04:00I think the tune Popularised by Peter, Paul and Ma...I think the tune Popularised by Peter, Paul and Mary was written by Bob Dylan.<br /><br />Signed.<br /><br />A. PedantJobbing Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556376882759955757noreply@blogger.com